Xavier Cantelo

Baron Xavier is a member of the Crowstead High Nobility (one of the six Great Houses), and scion of House Cantelo. The Baron is 34 years old, married twice with three children, currently single, suffering his mid-mid-life crisis, and infamously still living the lifestyle of a young bachelor. He often goes out "incognito" and dangerously mingles with commoners in the New City, much to the chagrin of his guardsmen. He seemingly does not take his duties as a Baron very seriously, yet his House remains prosperous and he has produced multiple heirs.

House Cantelo has long been noted for being enthusiasts of the Technomagical arts, showing their inherited Gift from the ancient mages in the immaculate condition of the ancient technology they maintain and use.

Arkæwerx
Xavier has spent his life pursuing his passions and proven himself a rare capitalist among the Crowstead Nobility. Not impressed by how conservative the Oromo clans are in their reclamation of technology, he is making an attempt to challenge them in the New City markets. He has invested a large amount of his family's old wealth into redeveloping technologies and has built a new factory in Eastgate he has christened Arkæwerx. While Xavier has made several attempts at recruiting Oromo workers into his factory, the Clans as a whole view him suspiciously, and find his unorthodox and impatient methods to be very dangerous.

Fed up with the traditional Oromo archaeological "monopoly" (and many other things about the Oromo), Xavier is making an attempt to wrestle control of The Crater away from their hands. He has specifically targeted the Williams clan as vulnerable. He thinks they have become distracted from managing their businesses and spread financially thin by their efforts to gain a parliamentary seat in the King's election.

While many businessmen in the New City view the rise of Amadeus von Skald as very troubling, Xavier sees it as an opportunity to "reshape" the marketplace.